self-deprecating

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(written) done in a way that makes your own achievements or abilities seem unimportant: He gave a self-deprecating shrug. self-deprecation noun [U]

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self-deprecatingEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary self-deprecatingEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

self-confident self-congratulation self-conscious self-contained self-contradictory self-control self-criticism self-deception self-defeating self-defence self-delusion

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